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Night Flight from Moscow (1973)

Night Flight from Moscow poster
Original title
Le Serpent
Directed by
Henri Verneuil
Genre
spy film
Country
Germany, France, Italy
Runtime
1h 59m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 49 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Soviet intelligence officer defects to the West and reveals a mole network in the CIA. The information creates distrust and chaos among Western agents as they try to identify the traitor.

tensesuspensefulcoldparanoiddeliberateintricategrimserious

What happens

Night Flight from Moscow (French: Le Serpent), also known as The Serpent, is a 1973 Cold War spy thriller film produced, co-written and directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Yul Brynner, Henry Fonda, Dirk Bogarde, Philippe Noiret and Michel Bouquet. The score was composed by Ennio Morricone. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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